Lesson 22 - Analysis Of 3 Contents Pages

In today’s lesson I analysed 3 music magazine contents pages. The magazines I analysed were Kerrang - weekly, Mixmag- Monthly , Q - Monthly. I first had to analyse shared conventions between the three music magazines. On all three of the music magazines I found that large images were used in order tot grab the readers attention and grasp them into reading the magazine. I also found that throughout the music magazines the contents were spilt into different groups such as regulars, new features etc. This makes it easier for the audience to find what they want to read in the magazine. In all three magazines the numbers of the pages were placed next to the text. I did find that bold font was used a lot on the contents pages. This bold font was used on the title and masthead to make it stand out. What i did find is that all three of the magazines had the contents in column form to make it much easier to read and so that it is presented well.

The obvious facts I noticed about the three magazines is that there is only a editors note on the Kerrang weekly magazine. I also noticed that there is always a use of a large image on the contents page making it stand out to the audience. Again all three of the magazines have used bold font along with no numerical order of contents.

What i noticed that I hadn't noticed before are the use of many images on the contents page. I found that on all of the magazines that there were more images that I expected. I have also noticed that on all three of the contents pages there is always one main image that the audience will be drawn to, to stand out amongst the rest of the contents page. Lastly, what I didn’t expect was that there was only an editor’s note on the weekly music magazines.

This research has made me think more about the design and the conventions that i will be using on my contents page. This research has made me think that i need to include more images on my contents page so that it gives it that professional finish and a more of an interesting design. I will also like to include a large image on the contents page so that the audience are immediately drawn to it. Lastly, I will be using bolder font on the contents page to make the text easier to read and keep with the house style.